Teachers

A small team. Every child known by name.

Six core educators who carry the academic programme between them — supported by the SGB, the NSNP kitchen aunties, and a school nurse who visits weekly from the Mahikeng Clinic.

Meet the team

Names you can email. Faces you can wave at the gate.

Portrait of Mr. Tebogo Marumo, Principal

Mr. Tebogo Marumo

Principal · Head of School

22 yrs · B.Ed Hons (NWU)

“A small school is not a small job. You see the same child for seven years — you must do the work properly.”

Portrait of Mrs. Nomusa Dlamini, Deputy Principal

Mrs. Nomusa Dlamini

Deputy Principal · Foundation Phase Lead

18 yrs · B.Ed Foundation Phase (UNISA)

“If a child cannot read by Grade 3, nothing we do later quite makes it up. So we start there.”

Portrait of Mr. Thabo Kgosi, Mathematics teacher

Mr. Thabo Kgosi

Head of Mathematics · Grade 6–7

14 yrs · B.Sc Maths Education (UJ)

“Children are not bad at maths. They are usually missing one small step we never went back for.”

Portrait of Mrs. Refilwe Motsepe, Languages teacher

Mrs. Refilwe Motsepe

Setswana & English · Grade 3–4

11 yrs · B.A Languages (NWU)

“The home language is the rope. English is the bridge. We must hold both at the same time.”

Portrait of Mr. Sipho Sithole, Natural Sciences teacher

Mr. Sipho Sithole

Natural Sciences & Technology · Grade 4–7

7 yrs · B.Ed Senior Phase (UFS)

“A bottle, some soil, and a window are enough to do real science. We just have to actually do it.”

Portrait of Ms. Annelie van der Merwe, Grade R teacher

Ms. Annelie van der Merwe

Grade R Practitioner

6 yrs · NQF 5 ECD (Boland College)

“A four-year-old’s first big lesson at school is that crying is allowed. The reading comes later.”